Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead | National Trust Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria, is a must visit for fans of any age National Trust / Chris Lacey Get up close to original Beatrix Potter artwork National Trust / Dayve Ward / F. Warne 2015 A look in the collections cabinet gives a glimpse into Beatrix’s magpie mind National Trust / Photography By Ward Hawkshead is an iconic Lakes village, which inspired Beatrix Potter and her tales National Trust / Paul Harris Beatrix Potter's original artwork on display in a 17th-century house Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead Things to see and do The home of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter bought the 17th-century farmhouse of Hill Top with the royalties earned from Peter Rabbit and the garden is laid out to reflect Peter’s adventures with Mr McGregor. Tom Kitten, Samuel Whiskers and Jemima Puddleduck were all created here. Down the road in Hawkshead is the Beatrix Potter Gallery with exhibitions of original sketches and watercolours from the celebrated children’s stories.

Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead What's on Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead Shopping Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead History Beatrix Potter had a keen interest in farming and in particular loved the Herdwick breed of sheep, which is farmed in the Lake District, Cumbria. Places nearby Family fun and adventure in the heart of the English Lake District Give Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead Facilities and access Enjoy the meals and refreshments available in Hawkshead village Parking, 300 yards (pay and display - not National Trust) Family Children's quiz with varying difficulty levels and a prize! Interactive touchscreens for all the family to use and enjoy Children's book and activity corner Hip-carrying infant seats for loan Accessibility Accessible car park in Hawkshead village (not National Trust). Approx 300 yards from Gallery Braille Guide Large print guide Exhibition housed in old property entered from street, step to narrow entrance. Level access to three rooms on ground floor. Illustrations are upstairs, objects relating to Beatrix Potter downstairs.

Many stairs with handrail to other floors Assistance dogs only Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead Overview Close Beatrix Potter's original artwork on display in a 17th-century house The Beatrix Potter Gallery displays original items from our collection in this year's exhibition 'That Corner of the Lake District'. For anyone who has ever been enchanted by Beatrix’s endearing characters, the gallery is the place to go to marvel at these miniature masterpieces. This unique space occupies a 17th-century building which served as the office of Beatrix's solicitor husband. For a perfect day out, why not follow in Beatrix Potter's footsteps to Hill Top, then spend time outdoors? Hawkshead village is an excellent base for exploring the countryside that inspired Beatrix and many other artists, authors and poets. Telephone Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead How to get here Main Street, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0NS By cycle Take the car ferry from Ferry Nab in Bowness across Windermere to Ferry Head. By train The nearest train station is in Windermere, you can catch a bus from there, see below for more details.

By road Take the B5286 from Ambleside (4 miles); or the B5285 from Coniston (5 miles). Parking: There is parking 300 yards away (pay and display), not National Trust. By bus Stagecoach in Cumbria 505 from Windermere train station to Coniston. Or take the Cross Lakes Shuttle (not NT) from Bowness to Hawkshead. Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead Prices £6.00 What is Gift Aid? Most of our places run the Gift Aid on Entry scheme at their admission points. Under this scheme, if you're not a member you have the choice of two entry tickets: Gift Aid Admission or Standard admission If the place runs Gift Aid on Entry, we'll offer you the Gift Aid Admission prices. But it's entirely up to you which ticket you choose. If you want the Standard Admission instead, just let us know when you come to pay. Gift Aid Admission includes a 10 per cent or more voluntary donation. Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid* — an extra 25 per cent — potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.

An extra £1 paid under the scheme can be worth over £3 to the National Trust as shown below: Payment of the additional percentage donation is entirely voluntary, so if you prefer to pay the standard admission please advise our reception staff at the till point. Lake District National Park - Beatrix Potter and The Lake District Beatrix Potter and The Lake District Beatrix Potter 1866 - 1943 Beatrix Potter is best known for her beautifully illustrated children's books of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and friends. She spent many childhood holidays in the Lake District and these influenced her work. Squirrel Nutkin sailed on Derwentwater and Hawkshead was the setting for The Tale of Johnny Townmouse. Herdwick heroine Beatrix Potter was a key figure in saving the traditional Herdwick sheep from extinction. With the profits from her publications, she bought Hill Top farm, other hill farms and estates in the Lake District. She became an expert Herdwick sheep breeder and the first female president designate of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association. When she died in 1943 she left 14 farms, sheep and 4000 acres of land to the National Trust.

Beatrix and Brockhole To follow in the real-life Potter's footsteps, take a trip to Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre . This was the home of Beatrix's cousin Edith who married merchant William Gaddum. Descendent Anthony Gaddum says the author used to write to her young second cousins Jim and Molly at Brockhole. He has even seen a letter to Molly based on Jeremy Fisher, complete with illustrations. "I understand Beatrix was very close to the children. Although the National Trust were the main beneficiaries in her will, Jim and Molly were her heirs," said Mr Gaddum. According to letters, Beatrix Potter and her husband came to Brockhole for the Gaddums' golden wedding anniversary celebrations in 1936. "By then she had put on a certain amount of weight and was apparently wearing a dress with buttons down the back. When she got home she was unable to remove her clothes and had to sit up in a chair all night, until her housekeeper arrived," said Mr Gaddum. Beatrix Potter trail Meet Beatrix Potter's characters on our new Beatrix Potter trail around Brockhole's beautiful lakeshore grounds and learn more about the wildlife that inspired her.

Our amazing grounds are home to many of the creatures who appear in Beatrix Potter's tales - we even share our name with Mr Brock the badger. Beatrix Potter Attraction The World of Beatrix Potter attraction in Bowness-on-Windermere is an incredibly popular attraction for children and adult alike. Travel back to your childhood and enter the world of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and more. The Beatrix Potter attraction is open throughout the year and offers different shows and themed days throughout the year, so make sure you get the right day and book in advance for specific events. The facilities are accessible for all, with lifts available for different areas. Please bear in mind that the location is in the centre of Bowness-on-Windermere, which can cause challenges for some, but parking is available for those with mobility issues. Miss Potter - the film The film "Miss Potter" starring Oscar winner Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor included locations in the Lake District.

Renée Zellweger as Beatrix Potter standing on the jetty at Fawe Park in Portinscale by Derwentwater copyright Momentum Pictures Filming locations Filming for "Miss Potter" took place in London, the Isle of Man and the Lake District at Loughrigg Terrace and Loughrigg Tarn, Grasmere and Yew Tree Farm, Coniston. Lake District National Park Volunteers helped by marshalling rights of way, encouraging people to take an alternative route or to wait whilst filming took place. Filming during the Easter holidays in some very popular locations made for a busy time. "The days were interesting and unpredictable, what with planes going overhead at the wrong time, paparazzi hiding in the trees in camouflage gear, trying to clear the fell side of people and ducking behind walls and trees to keep out of shot," said ranger Steve Gaskell who helped organise the mammoth marshalling task. "Both the National Trust and the film company were very appreciative of the volunteers, and were impressed by their ability to talk to the public and help out", added Steve.

Useful links Beatrix Potter Gallery You are here: Home / Lake District Attractions / Beatrix Potter Gallery Beatrix Potter Gallery Main Street, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NS Telephone: 015394 36355 Step inside this charming 17th-century building to enjoy a new exhibition of Beatrix Potter’s original watercolours and paintings. The Beatrix Potter Gallery has an interesting history, as previously it was the office of Potter’s husband, William Heelis. Many of these pictures are only displayed at this location. Learn more about Beatrix as a farmer and early supporter of the National Trust Don’t miss New: exhibition ‘Keeping House’ with Mrs Tittlemouse. We celebrate 100 years of The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse. Children will love the trail based on the displays. Beatrix Potter Gallery Mobility information Parking at the Beatrix Potter Gallery. In Hawkshead village and is not National Trust. Approx 300 yards from the Gallery Building Exhibition housed in old property entered from street, step to narrow entrance. Level access to 3 rooms on ground floor. Illustrations are upstairs, objects relating to Beatrix Potter downstairs.

Many stairs with handrail to other floors Getting there Location of the Beatrix Potter Gallery: In Main Street, Hawkshead village, next to Red Lion pub Bus services Stagecoach in Cumbria 505 Windermere –Coniston.

Cross Lakes Shuttle from Bowness to Hawkshead Cycling View local cycle routes on the National Cycle Network website By road B5286 from Ambleside (4 miles); B5285 from Coniston (5 miles) By train Windermere 6½ miles via ferry Ordnance survey reference Beatrix Potter Gallery Opening times 13-Feb – 25-Mar-10 11 – 3:30 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun 27-Mar – 20-May-10 11 – 5 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun 22-May – 02-Sep-10 10:30 – 5 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun 04-Sep – 31-Oct-10 11 – 5 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat, Sun Shop 13-Feb – 26-Mar-10 10 – 4 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Frid, Sat, Sun 27-Mar – 31-Oct-10 10 – 5 Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Frid, Sat, Sun 

03-Nov – 31-Dec-10 10 – 4 Wed, Thurs, Frid, Sat, Sun Open Good Friday (2 April) and Friday 29 October.

Limited number of timed tickets available daily. Shop closes at 1 on 24 and 31 December, and is closed on 25 and 26 December. Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Get in touch 015394 36355 015394 36471 (shop) Fax: 015394 36187 Email: beatrixpottergallery@nationaltrust.org.uk Enjoy your visit to the Beatrix Potter Gallery. Lake District & Lakeland Walks Lake District Walks Tag Cloud Places to Visit - The Beatrix Potter Society The Beatrix Potter Society Links Places to Visit If you are interested in Beatrix Potter as a natural historian and artist, you may like to visit some of these locations: UK – Scotland Few people realise the importance and influence of Scotland on Beatrix Potter’s life. As a child Beatrix and her family enjoyed long summer holidays in the Birnam area of Perthshire. Staying in the countryside, away from the more formal life they led in London, Beatrix and her young brother, Bertram, were able to study the local wildlife.

It was from Eastwood, Dunkeld, in 1893 that Beatrix wrote the now famous picture letter to Noel Moore which was later to become The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The following day she wrote a letter to Noel’s brother, Eric, about a frog called Jeremy Fisher. People she had met there on holiday inspired the loveable characters of Mrs. Tiggy-winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Beatrix Potter is renowned not only as an author and illustrator, but also as an eminent scientist. During her time in the Birnam area she met and formed a special friendship with Charles McIntosh – the Perthshire Naturalist – sharing a mutual interest in fungi and wildlife. Strobilomyces strobilaceus (Old man of the woods) Beatrix Potter, 1893. Eastwood, Dunkeld The Birnam Institute, Exhibition Centre and Garden, Station Road, Birnam, Perthshire The Birnam Institute houses a wonderful exhibition telling the tale of the ‘Fascinating acquaintance’ between Beatrix and Charles McIntosh. The nearby Beatrix Potter Garden recreates the lovely countryside which so impressed the young Beatrix, and features flowers, fungi and model characters associated with her relationship with the area.

Footpaths lead past the houses of Mr. Tod and Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, alongside the stream and pond where Mr. Jeremy Fisher lives and past Peter Rabbit’s burrow. admin@birnaminstitute.com 01350 727674 Dunkeld, Birnam, Inver and The Hermitage, (National Trust for Scotland) Perthshire This is the area where Charles McIntosh lived and where Beatrix and he met when she was staying at Dalguise House. Maps and leaflets for self-guided walks are available from the Tourist Information Centre (01350 727688) and the National Trust for Scotland’s Ell Shop (01350 728641), both of which are in the centre of the village of Dunkeld. The Dunkeld and Birnam Community Archive (in the centre of Dunkeld village) holds some Beatrix Potter related material, in particular photographs. Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perthshire The collection contains twenty-five of Beatrix Potter’s watercolour studies of fungi, as well as specimens, correspondence and memorabilia belonging to Charles McIntosh. Appointments are necessary to view items not on permanent display.

UK – Cumbria Waterlilies on Esthwaite Water, 1906 The name of Beatrix Potter is firmly linked with the English Lake District, and with Sawrey and Hawkshead in particular, for it was in this beautiful part of England that she wrote many of her children’s books and here that she spent the last thirty years of her life, having married solicitor William Heelis in 1913. Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0LF This was Beatrix Potter’s first house in the Lake District and is now in the care of the National Trust and open (seasonally) to the public. Beatrix Potter Gallery , Main Street, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NS Step inside this charming old building to enjoy an exhibition of Beatrix Potter’s original drawings and watercolours. A visit here provides not just the chance to admire her delightful artwork but also the opportunity to learn more about her life outside the writing career which made her famous. Learn more about Beatrix as a farmer and conservationist, and how her legacy helped to keep the Lake District as we know today.

This gallery has an interesting history too, because it was previously the office of Beatrix’s husband William Heelis – plus it gives a rare opportunity to see inside one of Hawkshead’s old buildings. Lingholm Walled Garden. M. Marshall The Lingholm Estate, Portinscale, Keswick CA12 5TZ The Kitchen, Gift Shop and Walled garden sits within the beautiful Lingholm Estate on Derwent Water. The octagonal walled garden at Lingholm is open to visitors daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The garden has an outdoor gallery dedicated to the works Beatrix did while staying at Lingholm, a Potter holiday home between 1885 and 1907. The original garden that Beatrix knew and sketched (the inspiration for Mr McGregor’s garden) was changed completely before the first world war. David Seymour, the owner of the estate, researched the history of the property in Beatrix’s time and has gone to great lengths to put it back as it was.

stay@lingholmestate.co.uk +44 (0) 17687 71206 Wray Castle, Low Wray, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 0JA This mock-Gothic castle with its turrets and towers sits on the quieter western side of Windermere. It was built in the 1840s for just two people to live in, and was the first Lake District holiday home for Beatrix Potter and her family in 1882. You can explore the castle and its grounds in all weather. Find your way from the grand living spaces to the narrow winding passages used by the servants. The rooms are empty of the original furniture, but photographs taken by Beatrix’s father help you to imagine nineteenth-century life. The grounds are informally laid out round the castle and contain a boathouse and jetty. There are children’s activity rooms inside the castle, and daily tours are given to explain the castle’s varied history. The garden trail includes a mulberry tree reputedly planted by Wordsworth. Make the journey to the castle part of the visit by taking the boat from Ambleside or Brockhole.

Dogs are welcome in the grounds on leads, but only assistance dogs are allowed inside. A large print guide is available, and there is a cafe serving snacks. UK – London and the South Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL The museum holds a large collection of Beatrix Potter’s watercolours (including her childhood sketchbooks), photographs and letters. Appointments are necessary to view the many items not on public display. Contact the Frederick Warne Curator. and 0207 608 0281 x 212 House of the Tailor of Gloucester / Beatrix Potter Museum and Shop, 9 College Court, Gloucester, GL1 2NJ This historic building, on which Beatrix Potter based her illustrations of the tailor’s house, is situated close to Gloucester Cathedral, and was painted by her when she visited the city. She used a local story about a tailor who tried to finish a magnificent waistcoat for the Mayor’s wedding one Christmas Day as the basis for The Tailor of Gloucester, which she wrote and had privately published after completing The Tale of Peter Rabbit and which she later acknowledged as her personal favourite.

Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk CO10 9AA One of East Anglia’s most celebrated Elizabethan houses, now in the care of the National Trust, has changed little externally since 1578 and has an original panelled banqueting hall. It has been the home of the Hyde Parker family since 1786. Beatrix Potter was related to this family and visited them on several occasions, and there is a small collection of Potter memorabilia. Beatrix painted many fine scenes inside the house and in the surrounding gardens. melford@nationaltrust.org.uk 01787 376395, 01787 379228 United States of America Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia PA 19104 In the Rare Book Department there is a good collection of original Beatrix Potter drawings and watercolours and also some letters, first editions, Peter Rabbit piracies, ephemera, and a reference section. There is not always an extensive display of items on public view, so contact the library for an appointment.

email via the website 215-686-5322 Cotsen Children’s Library, 1 Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 An extensive collection of Beatrix Potter material was presented to Princeton by Lloyd E Cotsen. Cotsen donated the funds to create the children’s library, which is a unit within the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the Princeton University Library. In an essay for the collection’s lavishly illustrated catalogue, Judy Taylor, an expert on Potter, wrote, ‘There are many people in many places who now collect her work, but Lloyd Cotsen’s Beatrix Potter Collection ranks as probably the best private assemblage outside any major public museum or library.’ Included are first editions of what are known as Potter’s little books, letters to friends and family, manuscripts, artwork, and photographs taken by Potter as well as an album of family photos. Researchers are strongly advised to contact the Curator in advance of visiting.

Princeton University Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA email via the website 609.258.1470 Japan Beatrix Potter Lake District Tour View this tour on a map Tour Description The Lake District of Beatrix Potter tour is ideal for those who wish to combine a leisurely scenic tour through the south lakes with some of the most popular attractions. The tour focuses on the life of Beatrix Potter and her importance to the Lake District not only as a childrens storyteller but also as a farmer and champion of the local herdwick sheep. You will visit Hill Top, the home of Beatrix Potter with its beautiful garden and original furnishings. We follow quiet backroads alongside the River Brathay through a mossy woodland, teeming with bluebells in the Spring, to reach the small mountain lake at Tarn Hows. This well known beauty spot affords wonderful views and photo opportunities before we descend a narrow road high above Yewdale. Way below is the white farm house of Yew Tree Farm formerly owned by Beatrix Potter and used in the filming of 'Miss Potter'.

At Coniston Water we stop for stunning lakeside views with the mountain mass of Coniston Old Man rising high above the water and village of Coniston. We drive over Hawkshead Hill to reach Hawkshead, a pretty village with narrow lanes, ancient church, Beatrix Potter gallery and the famous grammar school attended by the Lake District poet William Wordsworth. Hill Top, the former home of Beatrix Potter, is now a carefully managed property owned by the National Trust. After visiting the house we drive through woodland alongside Windermere to reach the train station at Haverthwaite. The Furness line was built in the 1860s and is an introduction to the industrial heritage of the area where the train and steamers were a vital link in the industrial development of the Lake District. Now the two combine into a popular visitor attraction and make a wonderful way to finish a most varied afternoon. TOUR DETAILS Why Lake District Tours? Enjoy the views of the Lake District from the minibus, with spacious seating and a comfortable ride for all Informative and friendly driver guides Small groups, relaxed atmosphere A high level of customer service I never could have imagined such a great experience at Hill Top, one of the busiest sights in the Lakes.

I had imagined crowds upon crowds of people, but it was exceptionally pleasant and peaceful. I'm sure some of this was mere luck or that it wasn't full summer season, but Andy's inside knowledge certainly had a part in this great experience! Also went to other excellent sights I would otherwise not have known about. Great experience with an outstanding guide! S.Forster USA Hill Top | National Trust National Trust Hill Top house and garden seem calm in the pretty winter light National Trust / Pete Tasker The heart of the kitchen at Hill Top National Trust Images / James Dobson The Vegetable Garden in summer at Hill Top, Cumbria National Trust Images / James Dobson The new 50p went into National Trust tills before anywhere else Jane Watson Beatrix Potter's 17th-century farmhouse: a time-capsule of her life The final season of the year brings peace to the Hill Top garden and a true Cumbrian winter also brings beauty. Continue in Beatrix Potter's footsteps Derwent Water Beatrix holidayed on the shores of Derwent Water and set many of her stories here. The locations are recognisable in her tales about Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin and Benjamin Bunny.

This year, nearby Wordsworth House will display some of Beatrix’s orignal artworks. Allan Bank Allan Bank was home to Canon Rawnsley, Beatrix’s lifelong friend and mentor. To celebrate this friendship, an exhibition at the house will ask visitors what inspires them. Allan Bank still has the atmosphere of a bustling family home, and a lively programme of music and events. Yew Tree Farm Yew Tree is an iconic Lakes farm, bequeathed to The National Trust by Beatrix Potter. As part of the celebrations this year, you have the rare opportunity to view inside Yew Tree Farm cottage and sample some of their heritage Herdwick meat, at the farm Open Day in July. The Lingholm Estate The Lingholm Estate was the Potter’s favourite Lakeland holiday home. They rented the house ten times between 1885 and 1907. Beatrix credited the Lingholm Kitchen Gardens as her original inspiration for Mr McGregor’s garden and in June 2016 they are opening a stunning new café.

Sun 19 Feb 2017 13:30-16:30 Walk in Beatrix Potter's footsteps through parts of the south Lakes she loved so much and learn how we're continuing to look after what she left us. Sun 26 Mar 2017 17:00-18:30 Give mum the chance to have exclusive access to the house and get up close to items from the Beatrix Potter collection in this special tour. Booking Essential - this event will be available for you to book at the beginning of February. + 6 other dates 17:00-19:00 Beatrix's much loved and inspirational Hill Top will be brought to life on this unique tour. Experience the house in the quiet of the evening, as Beatrix herself often did. This event will be available to book at the beginning of February. + 6 other dates 13:30-15:30 See Hill Top then go beyond to experience Beatrix Potter's wider legacy in her much loved village of Near Sawrey, including exclusive access to the farmyard and Castle Cottage. This event will be available for you to book at the beginning of Feb.

10:00-16:00 Join in the Easter fun with Cadbury at Hill Top, as you follow clues around the garden. Hill Top Get involved Join our volunteer team at Hill Top and help look after this special place National Trust / Paul Harris Low Wray campsite nestles on the western shoreline of Lake Windermere and is an ideal location for families who want to combine outdoor activities with visits to local attractions. Places nearby Rebuilt Victorian steam-powered yacht on Coniston Water Join Accessibility General Limited car parking spaces. Why not visit by bus, boot or boat? See Cross Lakes Experience: 015394 45161 Shop specialises in Beatrix Potter-related items Sawrey House Hotel/Tower Bank Arms serve meals and drinks Dogs welcome in the welcome area only, not house or garden. Family Drinks and children's treats available in the shop Relive the stories in Beatrix Potter's garden Look at the places where Jemima Puddleduck and Tom Kitten and his sisters played Children's garden trail during holiday periods Accessibility Grounds, including toilets partly accessible, some steps, uneven paths Assistance dogs only Building - many steps with handrail to first floor Lighting in the house can be dark on dull days.

It may take a few moments for your eyes to adjust Hill Top Close Beatrix Potter's 17th-century farmhouse: a time-capsule of her life Enjoy the tale of Beatrix Potter by visiting Hill Top. Full of her favourite things, this house appears as if Beatrix had just stepped out for a walk. Every room contains a reference to a picture in a 'tale'. The lovely cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. Make your way up the garden path to the front door and see for yourself why Beatrix loved this place. Bought in 1905 with proceeds from her first book, the Tale of Peter Rabbit, she used Hill Top itself and the surrounding countryside as inspiration for many of her subsequent books. Hill Top is a small house and a timed-ticket system is in operation to avoid overcrowding and to protect the interior. Hill Top can be very busy and visitors may sometimes have to wait to enter the house. Please note: tickets cannot be booked in advance and early sell-outs are possible.

Telephone Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0LF By cycle Cycle route information By ferry Seasonal Windermere Lake Cruise service from Bowness Pier 3 to Windermere west shore. Call 015394 43360 for details. Or Windermere car ferry, regular services. See for more information. By bus Leave the car behind and take the Cross Lake Shuttle (not NT) from Bowness to Hill Top. Call 015394 45161 for details. By train The nearest train station is in Windermere, 4½ miles away via vehicle ferry. You can catch a bus from here, see below for more details. By road Take the B5286 and B5285 from Ambleside (6 miles), or the B5285 from Coniston (7 miles). Parking: Our car park is small, so at times it can be difficult to find a space. On foot There is an off-road path from the ferry (2 miles), marked along the route. Hill Top £26.00 What is Gift Aid?

Most of our places run the Gift Aid on Entry scheme at their admission points. Under this scheme, if you're not a member you have the choice of two entry tickets: Gift Aid Admission or Standard admission If the place runs Gift Aid on Entry, we'll offer you the Gift Aid Admission prices. But it's entirely up to you which ticket you choose. If you want the Standard Admission instead, just let us know when you come to pay. Gift Aid Admission includes a 10 per cent or more voluntary donation. Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid* — an extra 25 per cent — potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds. An extra £1 paid under the scheme can be worth over £3 to the National Trust as shown below: Payment of the additional percentage donation is entirely voluntary, so if you prefer to pay the standard admission please advise our reception staff at the till point.

Helen Beatrix Heelis (Potter) (1866 - 1943) - Genealogy brother About Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist best known for children's books featuring anthropomorphic characters such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and rural lifestyle. Between 1902 and 1918 she published over twenty popular children’s books. With the proceeds from the books and a small legacy from an aunt, Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a tiny village in the English Lake District near Ambleside. Over the next several decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913 at the age of 47 she married William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead. They had no children; Potter died of pneumonia at the age of 77; Heelis survived her by less than two years.

Biographical Summary Born into a privileged household, Potter, along with her younger brother, Walter Bertram, grew up with few friends outside their large extended family. As children they had numerous pets and spent holidays in the south of England, in Scotland, and in the English Lake District. There she developed a love of the natural world which she closely observed and painted from an early age. Her parents were artistic and interested in nature and the out of doors. While Beatrix was happily never sent off to boarding school, her education in languages, literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. Although she was provided with private art lessons, Beatrix preferred to develop her own style, particularly favoring watercolor. In her twenties, she concentrated on the study of fungi mycology, of ancient artifacts archeology, and of geology, and achieved a measure of respect from the scientific establishment for her reproduction of fungi spores and her scientific illustrations. In her thirties, Potter wrote and illustrated the highly successful children’s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which she privately published. Then in 1902 it was published as a small, three-color illustrated book by Frederick Warne & Co.

Between 1902 and 1918 she published over twenty popular children’s books. With the proceeds from the books and a small legacy from an aunt, Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a tiny village in the English Lake District near Ambleside. Over the next several decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913 at the age of 47 she married William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead. Potter became a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. She continued to write and illustrate children's’ books for Warne after her marriage until diminishing eyesight and the duties of land management made it difficult to continue. Beatrix Potter published over thirty books; the best are those written between 1902 and 1918. Potter died on 22 December 1943 at Castle Cottage, Near Sawrey, leaving almost all of her property to National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now comprises the Lake District National Park. Early Life Potter's paternal ancestors were Unitarians from Glossop in Derbyshire.

Her father, Rupert William Potter (1832–1914), son of industrialist and Member of Parliament, Edmund Potter, was educated in Manchester and trained as a barrister in London. He married Helen Leech (1839–1932), the daughter of a cotton merchant, at Gee Cross on 8 August 1863. The couple settled in London, living on inherited wealth. They bought a home in Bolton Gardens South Kensington, where Helen Beatrix was born on 28 July 1866. Beatrix was educated at home by several private governesses with occasional excursions to public gardens, markets, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her brother, Walter Bertram, was born in 1871. On childhood holidays in rural Scotland and the north of England, she sketched and kept small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians as pets. Potter matured into a spinsterish young woman whose parents groomed her to be a permanent resident and housekeeper in their home.

Scientific Aspirations and Mycology Potter's parents discouraged her higher education, but Potter longed to lead a life independent of her parents and considered mycology as career, inspired perhaps by her acquaintance with Charles McIntosh, a Scottish mycologist she met while summering in Perthshire. Her uncle tried to introduce her as a student at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, but she was rejected because she was a woman. Potter was later one of the first to suggest that lichens were a symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae. At the time, the only way to record microscopic images was by painting them, so Potter made numerous drawings of lichens and fungi. As the result of her observations, she was widely respected throughout England as an expert mycologist. She also studied spore germination and life cycles of fungi. Potter's set of detailed watercolours of fungi, numbering some 270 completed by 1901, is in the Armitt Library, Ambleside.

In 1897, her paper "On the Germination of Spores of Agaricineae" was presented to the Linnean Society by her uncle Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, as women were barred from attending meetings. (In 1997, the Society issued a posthumous official apology to Potter for the way she had been treated). The Royal Society also declined to publish at least one of her technical papers. She lectured at the London School of Economics several times. Literary Career When she was 27 and on holiday in Scotland, in a letter dated 4 September 1893 she sent a picture and story about rabbits to Noel Moore, the five-year-old son of her last governess, Annie Carter Moore. Moore was the first to recognize the literary and commercial value of Potter's work and encouraged her to publish the story] She borrowed back the letter in 1901, developed and expanded the tale, and made it into the book titled The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor's Garden. She sent her tale to six publishers, but was rejected by all of them because of the lack of colour pictures, which were popular at the time.

In September 1901, she decided to self-publish and distribute 250 copies of a renamed The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Later that year she finally attracted the publisher Frederick Warne & Co. The publishing contract was signed in June 1902 and, by the end of the year, 28,000 copies were in print. In 1903, Beatrix Potter registered her Peter Rabbit doll at the Patent Office. She followed Peter Rabbit with The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin in 1903, also based on a letter to one of the Moore children. Such was the popularity of these and subsequent books that she earned an independent income. Beatrix Potter and her publisher, Norman Warne, became secretly engaged in 1905, but her parents were set against her marrying a tradesman. This caused a breach between Beatrix and her parents. Shortly after the engagement, Warne died of pernicious anemia. Of his death she wrote in a letter to his sister, Millie, "He did not live long, but he fulfilled a useful happy life.

I must try to make a fresh beginning next year." In total, Potter wrote 23 small format children's books. Part of their popularity was due to the quality of her illustrations: the animal characters are full of personality, but are deeply based in natural behaviors of the animals. Her artistic efforts declined around 1920 because of poor eyesight. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson was published in 1930; however, the actual manuscript was one of the first to be written and much predates this publication date. Later life: The Lake District and Conservation In July 1905, Potter purchased Hill Top Farm in the village of Sawrey in Lancashire, (now Cumbria), in the Lake District. She loved the landscape, and visited the farm as often as she could, working closely with farm manager John Cannon. She purchased more land in the area, through which she met solicitor William Heelis, six years her junior, whom she married in 1913, and she went on to become a sheep breeder. Her letters of the time reflect her increasing concerns with her sheep, preservation of farmland, and World War I.

An Enduring Legacy Upon her death in 1943, almost all of her property was left to the National Trust – 4,000 acres (16 km2) of land, cottages, and fifteen farms. The legacy has helped ensure that the Lake District and the practice of fell farming remain unspoiled. Her properties now lie within the Lake District National Park. The Trust's 2005 Swindon headquarters are named "Heelis" in her honour. Hilltop was opened to visitors in 1946, and displayed her original artwork there until 1985. She left the original illustrations for almost all of her books to the National Trust; Peter Rabbit is owned by Frederick Warne & Co., The Tailor of Gloucester is owned by the Tate Gallery, and The Flopsy Bunnies is owned by the British Museum. In 1947, Frederick Warne & Co. granted Beswick Pottery of Longton, Staffordshire "rights and licences to produce" the Potter characters in porcelain.

Beatrix Potter Gallery, a gallery run by the National Trust and situated in a 17th-century Lake District townhouse (once the office of William Heelis) in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England, now displays her work. Potter’s books continue to sell throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in song, film, ballet and animation. Publications The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903) The Tailor of Gloucester (1903) The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904) The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904) The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905) The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (1905) The Tale of Mr.

Jeremy Fisher (1906) The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906) The Story of Miss Moppet (1906) The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907) The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908) The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding (1908) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909) The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (1909) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911) Peter Rabbit's Painting Book (1911) The Tale of Mr.

Tod (1912) The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913) Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (1917) Tom Kitten's Painting Book (1917) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918) Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922) Jemima Puddle-Duck's Painting Book (1925) Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929 (1928) The Fairy Caravan (1929) The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930) Sister Anne (illustrated by Katharine Sturges) (1932) Wag-by-Wall (decorations by J. J. Lankes) (1944) The Tale of the Faithful Dove (illustrated by Marie Angel) (1955, 1970) The Sly Old Cat (written 1906; first published 1971) Adaptations and Fictionalisations In 1936, Walt Disney wanted to make a film about Peter Rabbit, but Potter refused.

Her works remained in print only, almost until the copyright was due to expire, decades after Potter's death. In 1971, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, a musical directed by Reginald Mills was staged. Several of the Tales were set to music, with choreography by Frederick Ashton and it featured dancers from the Royal Ballet, London, dancing in animal costumes to the musical score of John Lanchbery performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. In 1982, the BBC produced The Tale of Beatrix Potter. This dramatisation of her life was written by John Hawkesworth and directed by Bill Hayes. It starred Holly Aird and Penelope Wilton as the young and adult Beatrix respectively. Miss Potter, a biographical film starring Renée Zellweger was released in 2006. Mystery writer Susan Wittig Albert has published an eight-volume series featuring a fictionalised Beatrix Potter in "The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter" focusing on the period of her life she lived in the Lake District. Annotated Reading List Aldis, Dorothy, and Richard Cuffari. Nothing Is Impossible; the Story of Beatrix Potter.

New York: Atheneum, 1969. Print. Juvenile non-fiction; biography. Buchan, Elizabeth. Beatrix Potter: The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne, 1998. Print. Juvenile non-fiction; biography. Carpenter, Humphrey. Secret Gardens: A Study of the Golden Age of Children's Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Print. Chandler, Katherine R. "Thoroughly Post-Victorian, Pre-Modern Beatrix." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 32.4 (Winter 2007): 287-307. Print. Potter, unlike most Victorian writers of children's books, wrote original stories based on the realism of animal behaviour. Chandler notes that "Potter avoids moralizing in her tales, and that Potter's anthropomorphized animals are in fact slightly naughty, yet... punishment is never the moral of the tale." Denyer, Susan. Beatrix Potter: At Home in the Lake District. London: Frances Lincoln, 2000. Print. Biographical, plus photography of Potter's Lake District.

Goldthwaite, John. "Chapter 7: Sis Beatrix, The Fable in the Nursery." The Natural History of Make-believe: A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe, and America. New York: Oxford UP, 1996. 287-317. Print. Hobbs, Anne Stevenson., and Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter's Art. London: Frederick Warne, 1989. Print. Jay, Eileen, Mary Noble, and Anne Stevenson. Hobbs. A Victorian Naturalist: Beatrix Potter's Drawings from the Armitt Collection. London: F. Warne, 1992. Print. Johnson, Jane. My Dear Noel: The Story of a Letter from Beatrix Potter. New York: Dial for Young Readers, 1999. Print. Lane, Margaret, and Beatrix Potter. The Magic Years of Beatrix Potter. London: F. Warne, 1978. Print. Lane, Margaret. The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography. London: Frederick Warne, 1968. Print. Lear, Linda J.

Beatrix Potter, a Life in Nature. New York: St. Martin's, 2007. Print. The definitive work. Lear, Linda J. Beatrix Potter: The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius. London: Penguin, 2008. Print. MacDonald, Ruth K. Beatrix Potter. Boston: Twayne, 1986. Print. Mitchell, W. R. Beatrix Potter: Her Lakeland Years. Ilkley: Great Northern, 2010. Print. Potter, Beatrix, and Anne Stevenson. Hobbs. Beatrix Potter: Artist and Illustrator. London: Frederick Warne, 2005. Print. A catalogue of the Dulwich Picture Gallery exhibition of 2005, including 200 of Potter's paintings. Potter, Beatrix, and Jane Crowell-Morse. Beatrix Potter's Americans: Selected Letters. Boston, MA: Horn Book, 1982. Print. Potter, Beatrix. Beatrix Potter's Letters: A Selection. Ed. Judy Taylor. London: Frederick Warne, 1989. Print. Potter, Beatrix.

The Journal of Beatrix Potter from 1881-1897;. Ed. Leslie Linder. London: F. Warne, 1966. Print. Linder first deciphered Potter's code in 1958. Potter, Beatrix, Judy Taylor, Joyce Irene. Whalley, Hobbs Anne. Stevenson, and Elizabeth M. Battrick. Beatrix Potter: 1866-1943 : The Artist and Her World. London: National Trust, 1987. Print. A companion to the Tate Gallery Exhibition. Potter, Beatrix. Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter. Ed. Judy Taylor. London: Warne, 1992. Print. Speaker-Yuan, Margaret. Beatrix Potter. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2006. Print. Juvenile non-fiction; biography; with extensive reference sections. Squire, Shelagh J. "Landscapes, Places and Geographic Spaces: Texts of Beatrix Potter as Cultural Communication." GeoJournal 38.1 (1996): n. pag. Print. Taylor, Judy.

Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller, and Countrywoman. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: F. Warne, 1986. Print. Taylor, Judy. That Naughty Rabbit: Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit. London: F. Warne, 1987. Print. Sources

Question: The Beatrix Potter Gallery, run by the National Trust, is in which Lake District village?
Answer: Hawkshead